Books like Klan-Destine Relationships

Klan-Destine Relationships by Daryl Davis reads as hopeful, challenging. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Black like me

John Howard Griffin · 1960

Both explore racism & civil rights

75% genome match

Coming of Age in Mississippi

Anne Moody · 1968

Both explore civil rights & racism

64% genome match

Nigger

Dick Gregory · 1965

Both explore racism & civil rights

64% genome match

Where do we go from here

Martin Luther King Jr. · 1967

Both explore civil rights & racism

61% genome match

Southern horrors and other writings

Ida B. Wells-Barnett · 1996

Both explore racism & civil rights

61% genome match

You can't be neutral on a moving train

Howard Zinn · 1994

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

Solitary

Albert Woodfox · 2019

Both explore racism

59% genome match

The 57 Bus

Dashka Slater · 2017

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Reading with Patrick

Michelle Kuo · 2017

Same memoir feel

60% genome match

Why Didn't We Riot?

Issac J. Bailey · 2020

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

The New Jim Crow

Michelle Alexander · 2010

Same nonfiction feel

53% genome match

The Central Park Five

Sarah Burns · 2011

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match